Bitcoin & Blockchain

metaverse assets

New metaverse assets create new opportunities for FIs

By Patrick Bucquet, VP Capgemini Invent In the new metaversal economy, blockchain enables many kinds of transactions with a single source of truth. At the same time, the ...
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financial metaverse growth

The Metaverse: The next growth engine for financial services

By Srinivasan Seshadri, Global Head of Financial Services, HCLTech In 2021, internet users spent an average of 1 hour and 15 minutes daily on social media. Four years ...
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PayPal cryptocurrency payments

PayPal enables crypto payments at checkout

By Jeff Domansky, April 2, 2021 Ostrich cowboy boots. New. Paid by crypto. With apologies to Hemingway, who wrote the apocryphal six-word short story about baby shoes, it ...
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3 key payments industry disruptions

3 trends disrupting traditional B2B payments

The impact of COVID-19 has accelerated disruption in the B2B payments marketplace and according to a new study from Juniper Research, it will be two years before business ...
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DLT Labs provides Walmart Canada with transportation management technology

Walmart Canada finds big savings in blockchain automation

When it comes to the benefits of automation in logistics, a big organization like Walmart can benefit hugely. With blockchain gaining mainstream acceptance, Walmart is investing $3.5 billion ...
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B2B cross-border payments may recover 30% by 2022

A new study from Juniper Research predicts the total value of B2B cross-border payments will reach $35 trillion in 2022 from a COVID-related low of $27 trillion in 2020. ...
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bitcoin ATM facts

Bitcoin ATMs still growing in US and worldwide

While bitcoin has recovered value substantially in the past 30 days, rising last week above $10,000 in trading, adoption is also showing some encouraging signs based on the ...
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36.5 million Americans own cryptocurrency

Cryptocurrency now on the radar of 14% of US investors

With the value of bitcoin rising this year, cryptocurrency is back on the radar of US investors and consumers, even if the whipsaw in market values is likely ...
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Chinese govt cryptocurrency strategy

China makes “cryptocurrency” moves for the future

China’s moves to advance artificial intelligence leadership are well-documented and reflected by the fact that 19 of the top 50 largest patent registrations in the AI space are ...
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Facebook launches Libra cryptocurrency

What’s Facebook Libra cryptocurrency mean for payments?

Facebook unveiled its plan for a new global digital currency called Libra and a financial system to change how money moves globally. It has the potential to transform ...
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